NY Mayor Bloomberg Thinks Times Square Bomber is a Tea Party Terrorist
The cognitive dissonance on the Left is amazing.
Last night on the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric interviewed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a non-affiliated party member, and asked him his thoughts on who it was that planted the bomb in New York’s Times Square and what were the motives behind it.
Mayor Bloomberg’s comments are incredulous to say the least (emphasis mine):
“Home-grown, maybe a mentally deranged person or somebody with a political agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill…”
…the health care bill Mr. Bloomberg?
As in the Tea Party Movement participants?
Homegrown?
You have got to be kidding me.
The hate and deception on the left is unfathomable.
Why do they, liberals*, want to paint the Tea Party Movement as bad as possible and at incredible lengths?
I am no psychologist, but this is getting ridiculous.
As for being homegrown, FBI agents have arrested Faisal Shahzad in New York, an American who was born and raised in Pakistan of Kashmiri descent, in connection to the Times Square bomb.
Mr. Shahzad has already admitted his involvement.
In addition he also received militant training in northwest Pakistan under Tariq Afridi, who is the main Pakistan Taliban commander in the area.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, a Muslim terrorist group in Pakistan, has already claimed responsibility and there have been a flurry of arrests in Pakistan itself in relation to the Times Square bomb.
So that knocks out our intellectual superior Mr. Bloomberg’s theory out of the water right there.
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* When an elected official, ie, the mayor of America’s largest city, says kooky things as in above it is very difficult to not blame liberals in general. You all voted for him so if the shoe fits…
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Tito, please, he says maybe which is quite different from your title’s assertion. This isn’t a gotcha quote.
Bloomberg is slime and always has been.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-10-30/news/bloomberg-s-sexual-blind-spot/
Doofus.
I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt – he was sort of pushed on it by Couric – but he would have been better off just saying “I don’t know.” For better or worse Bloomberg is not the kind of politician to shy away from controversy. This would be a “for worse” occasion.
The profiling of the Left.
I’m not sure Bloomberg is really a leftist. If I’m not mistaken, he was recruited by the GOP to run for NY Mayor. He’s even praised the Tea Party movement: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mike_hails_activists_Ppj6WY4VgIWDF00PPQAzXM .
Politicians say dumb things. He should have declined to speculate without knowing any of the facts. I suppose his guess is somewhat revealing about how wealthy independent New Yorkers view the rest of the country, but he wasn’t going out of his way to claim Tea Partiers were responsible, just making an ill-advised guess.
Bloomberg opposed ObamaCare. But blaming liberals is just so much fun!
Actually a joke. But if you want to read what some Leftists thought, go here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×8255994
Bloomberg endorsed ObamaCare back in October restrainedradical.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/10/bloomberg-backs-obamacare.html
Throughout his political career Bloomberg has normally attempted to be on all sides of most political issues at one time or another.
Just one more bit of leftist wackiness on this matter. Here a poll on a leftist site that had 63% of respondents claim it was a right-wing militia, tea partiers or the religious right making anti-abortion statement that was to blame:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/3/863170/-A-poll:-The-identity-of-the-Times-Square-bomberUPDATE
Bloomberg is not a leftist, but he behaves like a doofus when he reveals his moronic “cultural elite” bias about the relative risks from Islamic extremists versus Americans who oppose ObamaCare. Stupid. Just stupid.
John Henry is correct that speculation sans facts is always dangerous, but the irrationality of his speculation is nonetheless revealing.
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“The cognitive dissonance on the Left is amazing …”
Indeed. Mayor Bloomberg is so cognitively dissonant that he’s been a registered Republican for the past decade or so.
I’m pleased that the NYPD slam-dunked Dick Cheney on this one. Good work, guys. Didn’t need waterboarding to catch this criminal, eh?
Bloomberg is extremely popular among conservatives in NY. Not so popular among liberals.
http://thepage.time.com/transcript-gingrich-gov-patrick-mayor-bloomberg-on-meet-the-press/
“I’ve given the president a lot of credit for taking on the issue; but it’s Congress that’s writing this legislation, and they are not willing to go near the things that will contain costs, which is immigration reform, tort reform, asking the question of whether or not we can afford certain tests and whether they really are cost beneficial.”
“You know, if you really want to object to something in this bill, number one, I have asked congressperson after congressperson, not one can explain to me what’s in the bill, even in the House version. Certainly not in the other version. And so for them to vote on a bill that they don’t understand whatsoever, really, you got to question how–what kind of government we have. Number two, when they talk about bending the curve, as, as the governor said, bending the curve is a flimflam euphemism for increasing costs, but we’re going to say we’ll do it at slightly lower rate than we would have otherwise.”
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bloomy_blasts_NnKbVENqYhDiXJNmaVFXEM
“It’s a system we can’t afford in total in this country, and a system that’s not delivering the kind of health care that we want.”
“Mayor Bloomberg is so cognitively dissonant that he’s been a registered Republican for the past decade or so.”
Before he ran for mayor Todd he was a down the line Democrat. In 2007 he changed his partisan affiliation to independent.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/mayor-bloomberg-quits-the-gop/
As for his stances on the social issues Todd, they certainly seem to be taken out of your party’s playbook:
“Bloomberg supports abortion rights, stating: “Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right and we can never take it for granted. On this issue, you’re either with us or against us.” He has criticized pro-choice politicians who support pro-life candidates. His comments may have been directed at New York Senator Chuck Schumer, a supporter of abortion rights who supported Bob Casey, who is pro-life, in the 2006 Senate election.
Bloomberg tends to be liberal about his policies towards many social issues. He supports governmental funding for embryonic stem cell research, calling the Republican position on the issue “insanity.” He also supports same-sex marriage with the rationale that “I think anybody should be allowed to marry anybody”.”
Bloomberg is pretty much a clone of Rudy Giuliani who was similarly a big government, republican-in-name-only.
Yeah: Giuliani NY GOP’er – pro abortion, big government, gun control (when a jihadi shot up the Empire State Building, Rudy screamed for more gun control!) and every other cultural/socially liberal, immoral crap sandwich.
Both are hated because of their (weak) fiscal conservatism and community policing to protect citizens from liberal constituencies.
And, like their liberal cousins they only have to employ against their imagined enemies (e.g., tea party small government propoents) ad hominems, insults and lies.
My advice to five-foot-nothing mike: spend your $12 billion NOW! You can’t take it with you. It will burn.
There are two things that Tea Party people have in common with Muslim terrorists. One is that neither group is shy about announcing what they are all about, and secondly, liberals in government and in the media don’t believe them. Tea Partiers say they want less government spending, lower taxes and more freedom. Islamists say “death to Israel, death to America, Allahu Akbar, we will establish sharia law in your country”.
I believe the Tea Partiers when they say “this is what we are about.” I believe the Islamists when they say “This is what we are about.”
But the liberals in government and the media say that what the Tea Partiers are about is racism, violence and intimidation. Likewise they totally ignore the Islamists call for killing of infidels and make up something like “these really nice family guys who just want a better way of life, economic and social justice,” which also ignores the fact that most of these guys are rich, well-educated and like to treat women like used condoms.
Incidents like this latest one are stark examples which illustrate the use of the official narrative in place of factual elements.
Bloomberg is a richer, wiser, nicer (at least outside of politics), and more independent version of Giuliani. I wouldn’t want to put him in a position where he can appoint Supreme Court justices or direct foreign policy (he’s a solid Republican there whereas I am not) but as mayor I’d proudly vote for him every time as would probably most of the commenters here if they lived in NYC.
“but as mayor I’d proudly vote for him every time as would probably most of the commenters here if they lived in NYC.”
I would sooner vote for the scum that I scraped off my shoe today than Bloomberg.
I would sooner vote for the scum that I scraped off my shoe today than Bloomberg.
Ah, but would you sooner vote for a Democrat?
I’d write in “Scum” BA, and pray it wasn’t taken as a vote for Bloomberg.
Ok, so, from this combox, it’s safe to assume that neither liberals nor conservatives wish to claim Bloomberg as one of their own, while they both wish to pawn him off as a member of the other side. Gotcha.
The ‘POINT’ is Mini-mike’s knee-jerk, calumnious accusation that people who disagree with the big brother agenda/narrative are (worse than) terrorists. That’s right out of the Obama/Alinsky war plan against America.
I’m convinced you aren’t getting into Heaven if you vote Democrat or RINO.
I can walk from my house into NYC (Queens). I couldn’t have voted for anyone except the RtoL candidate.
Donald (sic, I know) Dinkins pretty much paved the street for RINO’s (Giuliani/Bloomberg) as mayors of NYC, “Moscow on the Hudson.”
Wonder if Patterson will do it for gov and Obama will do the same for POTUS.
Actually, Gov. Patterson is the adult in the room in the State Capitol.
Paterson is a child. A not-too-bright child. I don’t know a single New Yorker who likes the guy.
http://gothamist.com/2010/02/19/paterson_bombshell_story_reveals_go.php
either liberals nor conservatives wish to claim Bloomberg as one of their own, while they both wish to pawn him off as a member of the other side.
That’s not uncommon for politicians representing the opposition party in a predominantly liberal or conservative state. No one claims Ben Nelson is a liberal hero; Romney, you’ll recall, had a hard time pivoting from Gov. of Massachusetts to national GOP figure. There is a blurring of the dark blue state GOP and the red state Dems; as a result, partisans of both sides don’t recognize them as one of their own.
Paterson is a child. A not-too-bright child. I don’t know a single New Yorker who likes the guy.
That is becuase you’ve never met
1. Megan McArdle; or
2. Yours truly.
What an incredibly stupid and incendiary thing to say!
About like calling pro-life people (the ones who do not support the killing of the unborn which takes 3500 American lives daily) terrorists.
Learn who the real enemy is.
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Henry,
He does say “maybe”.
It’s in my posting.
Katie Couric and Mayor B;oomberg just proved that this was going to be a more sinister cover up. Faisal Shahzad was going to get away with his terrorist attempt. The media (in a joint effort with the liberal left and elected democrats) was going to blame the Tea Party for terrorist attempt on NYC because of Health Care Bill. It just goes to show to what extent Mayor Bloomberg, Katie Couric, and others will go to discredit the Tea Party movement. Many Dmocrats are trying to discredit the Tea Party movement in order to protect their seats in congress and the White House.
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